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曳 — 6 strokes ／ Radical「曰」

道
準1University / general ／ 6 strokes ／ Radical「曰」
On
エイえい · ei
Kun
ひ.くhi.ku
Meaning
pull; tow

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A pictograph of a hand dragging a rope: to pull something along behind.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 曳航えいこう

    towing (a ship)

  • 曳くひく

    to pull; to tow

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

故障(こしょう)した船(ふね)を港(みなと)まで曳航(えいこう)した。

The disabled ship was towed to the harbour.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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